3RD POV

Alissa was inside Asher's car on the passenger seat. She was wiping the blood, which was smeared on her using tissues.

"So where are we going now?" Asher asked Alissa once he was seated on the driver seat.

"To the Rossi mansion. I have to go take my weapons and then have a chat with Uncle Matteo. "

"And, after that?"

"I'm going home to where I belong, where I can be myself," Alissa said, but Asher could see that she was hurt.

"Ohh..."

In the meanwhile, Aries and Aiden were scared looking at the dead bodies. Some of their hands were ripped out, heads and even hearts, and it looked hideous.

"Can't believe she did this," Aiden said looking at the dead bodies.

"I know, same."

"I really don't want to be here. Why did they even leave the bodies here?" Aiden said as he puked from tripping over Eric's head.

A masked man came inside the room that Aiden and Aries were in. He was followed by many men who wore black suits as if they were bodyguards.

"You guys must be the Romano brothers, right?" the man said.

"Yes, and you are?" Aiden asked. He was cautious.

"I'm Nate, I guess you must have seen me at school most of the time with Asher. He sent me to take you guys back home, " he said, then signaled the guards to clean the mess on the floor.

"Let's go," Nate said and turned to leave. They followed him outside to his car.

"So tell me, did Asher know all along that Alissa was, you know..." Aries said but didn't continue further. Nate knew what he was trying to say, so he nodded.

"Well, that makes sense cause Asher would never just hang out with someone. People are scared of him, including us," Aiden murmured.

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Asher and Alissa arrived at the Rossi castle. It was late at night. They expected everyone to be back from the ball and asleep, but it looked like they were not asleep since the living room lights were turned on.

They decided to go inside through Alissa's bedroom window. It was a little bit hard for Alissa to climb since she was wearing a gown, but she made it regardless.

She immediately went to her bathroom to take a shower. After that, she wore a sharp pinstripe blazer paired with high-waisted black trousers that perfectly highlighted her commanding presence.

She took out 2 suitcases and put her weapons and clothes inside.

After she finished packing, the room looked empty, with only the bed and night stands along with couches.

"Okay, how are we going to take those out?" Asher asked, looking at the suitcases.

"We are going out through the front door," Alissa said.

"But, they are awake?" He was a little bit confused.

"Yep, my dad is coming here, so there is no use of trying to leave unnoticed. You know him. He will probably come in through the front door,"

"He is coming?"

"Yep, I called him hours ago." ALissa said

"You did what? But why?"

"Look, I called him to tell him that I was going to kill the uncles, something he told me not to do. So now he is coming here, to take me back to Italy." She said.

"Couldn't you go back to Italy yourself?"

"Yes, I could, but he was already in America," she shrugged.

"Alright," Asher said and walked towards Alissa. He put his arms around her waist and looked at her.

"What are you doing?" Alissa said, confused.

"Relax, it's called being romantic, Alissa," Asher said in a teasing tone.

"So, are you just going to leave me?" Asher asked as he kissed her neck.

"Asher," she breathlessly said.

"You can come to Italy anytime you want," she said.

Asher removed his head and walked towards the door.

"Like that will be any better," he said.

"Oh please, Asher, don't act like a d*ck," Alissa said

"A d*ck?" Asher mocked laughed.

"Look, my girlfriend, who I just started dating, is leaving for another country, and you're telling me I'm acting like a d*ck?" Asher said.

"Asher, you're overreacting now. You know that I don't belong here in the first place. I have to go back," she said.

"Yes, I know, but still..." He turned to look at her. "I don't want to be apart from you, alright?" He continued.

"I know." Alissa walked towards him and kissed him. Asher deepened the kiss, and they broke away after a few minutes.

"Now let's go chat with Matteo, I bet he is in his room, trying to find where his brothers might be," Alissa said, and Asher nodded.

They went outside Alissa's room to Matteo's. Alissa knocked on the door, and Hayley opened it after some time.

"Alissa?" Hayley, Matteo's wife, said when she opened the door to their room.

"When did you arrive? Are you okay? we have been trying to look for your uncles and your brothers. We don't know where they are. We thought you, too, were kidnapped along with them." She worryingly said.

"I'm okay, Hayley. I want to talk to Uncle Matteo. Do you know where he is?" Alissa asked.

"He just went downstairs to the living room. Everyone is there." She said.

"Okay, sure," Alissa said and walked downstairs to the living room.

"This is gonna be fun," Asher whispered was pulling Alissa's suitcase said.

When they got to the living room, they saw that indeed everyone was there, even Aries and Aiden who just arrived were there being bombard with questions.

When Nate who was about to leave, she saw Asher, and he decided to stay.

"Where are they?"

"What happened to you? You guys look like sh*t."

"Where is my dad?"

"Why is it that you are the only ones who are back?"

They asked a lot of questions to Aries and Aiden, who were silent all the time.

Matteo, who was seated on a single couch, heard footsteps walking towards the living room, and when he turned to see who it was, he saw Alissa and Asher.

"Alissa?" He said, standing up.

When Aries and Aiden heard him saying that, they showed a little fear, but it was better than before.

"Asher?" Alonzo said.

"One and the only," Asher replied with a smirk.

"I wanted to have a word with you alone, Matteo, but I think it's better if everyone here listens."

"You don't have to look for your brothers anymore, cause they are already dead and I killed them," Alissa calming said with an emotionless voice.

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